Today the Government announced its long awaited National Security Strategy which for the first time highlights cyber crime as a major threat - both to business and to the public.
Whilst we’re pleased that the Government says it “is alert” to the significant threats posed by cyber crime, we are very disappointed that it has not outlined […]

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A series of dramatic, high profile and UK-focused environmental incidents over the past year has finally put disaster recovery (DR) high on the Board’s agenda - according to over 25 large businesses taking part in last week’s Effective Disaster Recovery workshop.

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Paul Simmonds, member of the Forum’s own Information Security Service and CSO at ICI shared the stage today with Conservative Shadow Home Secretary David Davis at the 2008 ecrime congress in London.
Both were speaking about the growing threat of electronic forms of crime and the importance of having a joined-up approach to its enforcement.

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Flexible working doesn’t fit with the demands of today’s ‘always there, always on’ corporate IT department, according to Salford University’s Dr Marie Griffiths who led the discussion at recent Forum workshop Nurturing a Balanced IT Workforce.

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